Safety-heel attachment.



PATENTED ooT. 16, 1906.

' J. H. MORRIS. SAFETY HEEL ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24. 1905 TEA- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24. 1905. Serial No. 283.953.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety-.

Heel Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment to be applied to the heels of shoes to prevent the wearer slipping.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my attachment applied to the heel of a shoe, the portion of the shoe being broken away. Fig. 2 is a front face view of that portion of my device to be permanently secured to the heel. Fig. 3 is a side view of the detachable portion. Fig. 4 is a section through my complete device.

In the drawings, A represents a strip of metal flanged along its upper edge, as shown at A, and having a lug A bent downwardly over the front face of the plate A. A lug B,

carried by the lower edge of the plate A, is

bent upwardly upon the front face of the plate, and the upper edge of the lug B rests under, parallel to, and slightly. below the overhanging flange A. As shown in Fig. 4, it will be noted that the lug B is also slightly spaced from the plate A.

It will be noted that the lugs A and B are oifset with respect to each other and that the lower edge of the lug A is below the horizontal plane of the upper edge of the lug B. The part thus described is secured by suitable screws to the upper vertical face of the heel,

as shown in Fig. 1. The detachable portion consists of an essentially U-shaped clip C, the side members of which are parallel to each other and which adjacent their free ends are bent at right angles to the clip C, and as the clip is designed to rest in a horizontal plane these bent portions form parallel depending members C and C the member 0 projecting downwardly below the lower edge of the member 0, and the member 0 has a V- shaped notch C cut in its lower edge, as shown in Fig. 1. The clip C can be applied to the heel by inserting the depending member 0 into the space between the plate A and the lug B, the connecting member of the clip proj ecting outwardly between the flange A and the lug B, and the space between the two lastnamed members forms a slideway in which the clip slides. The lug A acts as a stop as it projects downwardly and closes one end of the slideway. When the clip C has been secured in place, as shown in Fig. 1, the depending member C will extend downwardly a sufficient distance to engage the surface walked upon and acts as a biting edge, and thus prevents slipping of the foot.

It will be obvious that the clip C can be very quickly removed by simply sliding it longitudinally to the free end of the slide-. way formedbetween the flange A and the in B.

IIaving thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising a plate flanged along one edge having a lug integral with the opposite edge and bent over upon the plate parallel to and adjacent the flange and spaced slightly from the flange and the plate, and a clip having depending members one of which is adapted to slide be tween the lug and the plate, and the other of which extends downwardly below the lower.

edge of the plate.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a plate flanged along its upper edge and having a lug integral with its lower edge, said lug being bent upwardly to a point adjacent the flange, a clip detachably held between the lug and the body of the plate and between the lug and flange, and a depending member carried by the clip having a biting lower edge.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a plate having a horizontal slideway, a lug formed on the plate and bent over to close one end of the said slideway, and a U- shaped clip having the free end portions of its members bent at right angles, one of said members being adapted to engage said slideway, and the other member depending below the lower edge of the plate, as and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES H. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES J. RAPP, CHARLES A. HANNEKEN. 

